| Suk Min Oh v Hon Voon Chung |
| 2013 NY Slip Op 04792 [107 AD3d 975] |
| June 26, 2013 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Suk Min Oh et al., Respondents, v Hon VoonChung, Defendant, and Mike's Heavy Duty Towing, Inc.,Appellant. |
—[*1] Siegle & Sims, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Eric W. Siegle of counsel), forrespondents.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant Mike's HeavyDuty Towing, Inc., appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of theSupreme Court, Kings County (Sweeney, J.), dated February 15, 2012, as granted theplaintiffs' motion for leave to enter judgment on the issue of liability against it, upon itsdefault in appearing or answering.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The plaintiffs demonstrated their entitlement to judgment on the issue of liabilityagainst the appellant by submitting proof of service of the summons and complaint, proofof the facts constituting their claim against the appellant, and proof of the appellant'sfailure to answer or appear (see CPLR 3215 [f]; Woodson v Mendon LeasingCorp., 100 NY2d 62, 70-71 [2003]; Karalis v New Dimensions HR, Inc., 105 AD3d 707[2013]).
In opposition to the plaintiffs' motion for leave to enter a default judgment against it,the appellant failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for its default or to come forwardwith any proof to rebut the affidavit of the plaintiffs' process server, which constitutedprima facie evidence of proper service upon it pursuant to CPLR 311 (a) (1) (seeBusiness Corporation Law § 306; CPLR 5015 [a] [1], [4]; Hidalgo v Cruiser Taxi Corp.,101 AD3d 950 [2012]; Thas v Dayrich Trading, Inc., 78 AD3d 1163, 1164 [2010];Gartner v Unified Windows,Doors & Siding, Inc., 71 AD3d 631, 632 [2010]).
Furthermore, the appellant failed to demonstrate that it did not personally receivenotice of the summons in time to defend the action, as required to obtain relief from adefault judgment pursuant to CPLR 317 (see Eugene Di Lorenzo, Inc. v A.C. DuttonLbr. Co., 67 NY2d 138, 141 [1986]; Hidalgo v Cruiser Taxi Corp., 101AD3d at 951; Wassertheil vElburg, LLC, 94 AD3d 753, 754 [2012]; Matter of Rockland Bakery, Inc. v B.M. Baking Co., Inc., 83AD3d 1080, 1081-1082 [2011]).
Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the plaintiffs' motion for leave toenter judgment on the issue of liability against the appellant. Angiolillo, J.P., Balkin,Austin and Miller, JJ., concur.